was a Japanese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who competed in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

and the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

Speedskating career

Born in

Katsushika is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...

, Tokyo, Miyabe moved to Kushiro when he was 5 years old, and started speedskating. He then moved to Saitama prefecture in the first year of Junior High school and joined Sankyo Seiki. At the

, he won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event. In the 1500 m competition he finished ninth and in the 500 m contest he finished 18th. Two years later he finished 14th in the 1000 metres event and 21st in the 1500 metres competition. He ended up winning the overall classification of the

ISU Speed Skating World Cup The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, ...

1000 m in the 1994/1995 season.

Retirement

After retiring from the 1999/2000 season, he retired at Ohio State University postgraduate school by JOC's overseas dispatch business and majored in sports management. In 2005 he returned to JOC staff.

Personal life

He was the younger brother of

Yasunori Miyabe is a speed skater, and he is the older brother of late speed skater Yukinori Miyabe. World records Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com References External links * Yasunori Miyabeat SpeedSkatingStats.com * * 1966 births Living peop ...

. Yukinori died of cancer in March 2017.Voormalig schaatser Yukinori Miyabe (48) overleden
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1968 births 2017 deaths Japanese male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Japan Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Deaths from cancer in Japan {{japan-speed-skating-bio-stub